Trying to protect my install from site scrapers by blocking certain user-agents and IPs, I noticed that even a simple block of one IP will generate 'seemingly random' error 500s in my Apache PHP error_log.
This is what I added to my root .htaccess file (which is where WPMU is installed):
Order Allow,Deny
Allow from all
Deny from xx.xx.xx.xx (with the targeted IP)That's it. Perhaps - does it matter where I place this block in my .htaccess file?
Shouldn't matter. I've never seen it written that way although a quick search shows that it will work. I always do it like this:
order allow,deny
deny from 127.0.0.1
deny from 127.0.0.2
deny from 127.0.0.3
allow from all
Thanks. I've found a solution that works without needing to go that route - the WP-Ban plugin.
*chuckle* That'll work.
Still curious as to why the deny didn't work for you though. You are running Apache, right?
Yeah - 2.0.54. It is weird, and I usually try to go for the root cause but with MediaTemple I've gotten the habit of always looking over my shoulder
